1. The Geography of Resources for Tourism

2. Learning objectives 1 Appreciate the nature of resources for tourism.
2 Distinguish the methods used to classify and evaluate resources for tourism.
3 Outline the main factors favouring the development of tourist resources.
4 Understand the way that destinations evolve.
5 Appreciate the need for tourism planning, marketing and sustainable development.

3. The Geography of Resources for Tourism
Common Features of Tourist Resources
Planning for Tourist Resources
Carrying Capacity
Types of Carrying Capacity
Tourism Resources at the World Scale: Physical Features
Tourism Resources at the World Scale: Cultural Features
Tourist Resources at the Local Scale
Tourist Resources at the Local Scale: Resorts
The Resort Life Cycle

4. Common Features of Tourist Resources
Amalgam
Cultural and economic appraisal
Perishable
Shared

5. Planning for Tourism Resources
Introduction
The needs of tourism planning
Benefits of tourism planning
The approach to tourism planning
Background analysis/research
Synthesis/goals and strategies
Plan development/implementation

6. Figure 3.1

7. Figure 3.2

8. Carrying capacity
The maximum number of users who can use a destination without an unacceptable decline in the physical environment or the experience of the visitor

9. Types of Carrying Capacity
Physical
Environmental
Psychological
Social

10. Tourism Resources at the World Scale: Physical Features
Sea
Mountains and hills
Coast
Inland water
Forests

11. Tourism Resources at the World Scale: Cultural Features
Culture
Lifestyle
Heritage
World heritage sites

12. Tourist Resources at the National Scale: Attractions
Attractions generate tourism
How do we classify?
List? – natural/man-made/events
Or analyse using Clawson and Knetsch framework:
Market oriented – resource based
Reproducible – non-reproducible

13. Table 3.3

14. Tourist Resources at the Local Scale
Agents of development
Public sector
Private sector
Community
Accessibility

15. Tourist Resources at the Local Scale: Resorts
Townscapes
Recreational Business
Resort Life Cycle

16. Figure 3.3

17. Figure 3.4

18. The Resort Life Cycle Exploration Involvement Development
Consolidation
Stagnation
Decline
Rejuvenation